"For the purpose of defining minutely and distinctly the various and respective duties of its members; securing their actual and faithful performance, as required by the laws of the United States and of the State of Kansas; perpetuating those relations of harmony, friendship and subordination, so essential to tile prosperity of all military bodies, we, the members of Company ......... , ................ Regiment Kansas State militia; known also as ................... , do hereby establish and adopt the following constitution and by-laws for our government"--Preamble (Page 3).; "By order of the Commander-in-Chief, Thomas Moonlight, Adjutant General"--Page 16.